The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-04-14
JUDGE COOLEY ON HAULS
THE ACTION OF THE COMMISSION
STRONGLY DEFENDED.

Justice to the Railroads Demanded that
the Change Should Not Be Too Sud-
den-The Southern Railway and
Steamship Association Not Recog-
nized as a Body-~Roads North of the
Ohio River Done No Injustice.
CHICAGO, April 13.--Judge Cooley, Chair
man of the Interstate Commerce Commits
sion, is in the city engaged in settling up his
accounts as receiver Of the Wabash railway.
In conversation with a reporter of local
paper regarding the recent action of the
commission in suspending the operationi Of
the long and short haul section of the new
law for roads in the Southern Railway and
Steamship Association, which has called
forth so much unfavorable notice, Judge Coo
ley said the Commissioners, after thorough
ly discussing the arguments presented by
the various roads, came to the conclusion
that justice required that they should move
slowly on a question of such great i'm
portance and that they should not take
action that would be definite and final in its
effects without first making themselves fully
acquainted with the situation.
THE TIME TOO SHORT.
lhiss.was deemed particularly important
because the law went into effect SO soon
after the appointment of the commission.
and the railroads had hardly time to adopt
their tariffs and rules to accord with the pro-
visions of the new law. The commission,
he said, did not recognize the Southern
Railway and Steamship Association as had
been claimed, but based its action upon m
dividual arguments presented by repre-
sentativeS of various roads in that associa-
tion, especially the Louisville and Nashville,
East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia and
other leading Southern roads The claim
that the commission erred in extending the
order to all Southern roads south of the
Ohio river and east of the Mississippi river
he did not think held good, as not only
competition by steamship lines had to he
taken into consideration, bnt also competi
ton by the Mississippi river and other
Southern navigable rivers
NO INJUSTICE DONE.
He did not think any injustice was done
to roads this side of the Ohio river by grant
ing temporary relief to Southern roads TO
change the rates to conform with the new
law by the roads i'll this part of the country
was but tritling as compared with the
changes necessary by roads i'm the South and
the decision that they must conform with
the long and short haul section of the Law
without atfording them reasonable time to
to serious trouble and loss. Ii
the commission finds, upon personal
investigation, that no good cause exists for
giving Southern roads or any other roads
the privilege of making special through
rates TO meet alleged water competition, it
would at once compel those roads to conforIn
strictly with the provisions of the long and
short haul section He also stated that the
commission would not tolerate any discrim-
inatiOn on the part of Southern roads against
merchants in Western cities.
ONE GOOD EFFECT.
READING, PA, April 13.-For several
years past fifty on more furnaces in Schuyl-l
kill valley have been using immense quanti-
ties of foreign ore and ore brought from
other States, thus causing almost entire ces-
,sation of iron ore operations in this section.
The interstate commerce bill, however, with
its high freight charges has caused many
furnaces to usc ore mined in Eastern Penn
sylvania. and there is not a mine between
here and Allentown which is not being
worked to its fullest capacity. Over 2,000
miners have steady work. and where they
formerly received zoe. they now get 81 10
and 81 - per day.
THE PAN HANDLES RATES.
CHICAGO April 13.-The Pan Handle road
has made the same rates on freight from
Pittsburg to keokuk and Burlington as it
makes to st. Louis, as the quarrel between
the Eastern and Western lines has resulted in
the abrocatiOn of prorating. and local rates
are charged to and from Chicago. This re-
suits in all of the Western business from
Pittsburg being diverted from Chicago
The Lake Shore road, which is a competitor
for Pittsburg business and only connects
with Chicago lines, is threatening
retaliation against the Pan Handle.